ESPN radio and TV host Dan Le Batard calls ESPN's relatively new politics-free stance 'cowardly' in the face of President Trump and his supporters' racist remarks about four Democratic congresswomen of color.
New York ESPN radio and TV personality Dan Le Batard called his network's relatively new politics-free stance"cowardly" in the face of President Donald Trump and his supporters' racist remarks about four Democratic congresswomen of color.
Jimmy Pitaro, who became ESPN's president last year, recently told the Los Angeles Times that the sports network's audience has no interest in the network covering politics and has publicly discouraged employees from talking about politics. But in a "Dan Le Batard Show" broadcast Thursday, Le Batard vehemently disagreed with ESPN's stance. Stop what you're doing and watch this.
"If you're not calling it abhorrent, obviously racist, dangerous rhetoric, you're complicit." pic.twitter.com/ntOC2Seg3b — Erick Fernandez July 18, 2019 In an impassioned response, Le Batard said it was the duty of sports broadcasters to comment on race relations — and in particular what he called the"un-American" chants of"send her back" directed at Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a Somali refugee and American citizen, during a Trump rally this week.
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